Isaiah Brooks made two key baskets down the stretch as the Westlake High boys basketball team held off a feisty and hungry Thousand Oaks, 62-55, in a rocking atmosphere at Thousand Oaks High on Wednesday night.

Brooks hit a pull-up jumper to give Westlake (14-6, 6-0 Marmonte League) a 54-49 lead after Thousand Oaks (14-6, 3-3) had scored six straight points to narrow a nine-point deficit to three.

After an 18-foot jumper by the Lancers' Matt Hauser made it 56-51, Thousand Oaks got the ball back, but Brooks made his sixth steal of the game and converted the breakaway layup to increase the lead to seven with 1:59 left in the game.

"It was exciting," Brooks said. "I was happy to be a part of it. That's fun. That's basketball. That's what you play for."

Brooks, a senior point guard, and senior forward Marcos Soto each had 16 points.

"I wouldn't say it was adrenaline," Brooks said about his clutch play down the stretch. "I just wanted that game. I just wanted it."

Soto had paced Westlake early on, scoring eight points and grabbing three of his seven rebounds to help the Warriors take a 15-12 lead after the first quarter.

"It's always a big rivalry with T.O., especially at their place," Soto said. "It's a small gym and it's always a nice atmosphere. It was a really competitive game. They made some big shots in the second half, but we were able to pull through and get that W."

After beginning the season 12-1, Thousand Oaks has lost three straight league games and five of seven overall.

"We knew coming in that they were coming off two losses and they were going to be hungry," Westlake coach Rob Bloom said. "And this is always a tough environment. I think they played a little harder than we did in the first half. We had to match their intensity."

Thousand Oaks was led by Hauser, a junior guard, who scored eight of his 15 points in the fourth quarter. His brother, sophomore point guard Josh Hauser, had seven assists. Both had four steals.

"Both teams played really hard," Matt Hauser said. "The gym was loud and it's tough conditions to play in. They made the shots that they needed to make and we came up a little short."

Michael Hayon, a junior forward who transferred from Calabasas, scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds for Westlake. The Warriors are 4-0 since Hayon's return to the court.

"We're just trying to stay undefeated the whole (league) season," Hayon said. "This is a big win. T.O. is a good team and we've just got to grind out every win that we can."

Andrew Lachina had 10 points, including two first-quarter 3-pointers, for the Lancers. Trent Atkinson scored eight, which included two second-quarter 3-pointers.

Clark Nelson had eight points and five rebounds for Westlake. A senior guard, Nelson pulled down four of his five rebounds in the fourth quarter.